| 释义 |
crawl¹ /krɔːl/ vi. | vt. | n.
I ❶ vi.
1. 爬，爬行；匍匐行进
A snake crawled out of its hole. 一条蛇从洞里爬出来。
The baby crawled across the room. 那个婴儿从房间的一头爬到另一头。
2. 缓慢(或费劲)地行进
The holiday traffic crawled along the highway. 假日来往车辆沿着公路缓慢行进。
The hours crawled by. 时间过得很慢。
3. (场所)爬满；挤满；充满(with)
The pile of refuse crawled with insects. 垃圾堆上爬满了虫子。
The platform was crawling with grey-green uniforms. 月台上挤满了穿灰绿色制服的军人。
a room crawling with books 到处是书的房间
4. (肌肤)有虫子爬动的感觉，起鸡皮疙瘩
A high shrill whine made his skin crawl. 一声响亮的尖声哀号使他汗毛直竖。
He is crawling with guilt. 他因负疚感到浑身上下不自在。
5. 〈口〉卑躬屈膝，谄媚奉承
crawl to one's boss 对上司卑躬屈膝
crawl into sb.'s favour 以奴颜婢膝的行径得到某人的宠爱
6. 悄悄地行进
The guerrillas crawled to the enemy camp. 游击队员悄悄地向敌营前进。
7. (植物)蔓延，蔓生
The rosebush crawls along the fence. 蔷薇沿篱笆蔓生。
8. 【体】用爬式(或自由式)游泳
9. (涂在表面上的颜料、油漆或釉料)皱缩，起块
❷ vt.
1. 在…上爬行；在…上蔓生
get grapes to crawl the poles 使葡萄藤爬在杆子上
2. 〈俚〉(粗暴地)责备；训斥
They have no right to crawl me for what I wrote. 他们没有权利为了我所写的东西而训斥我。
3. 〈美俚〉(男子)与…性交
II n.
1. 爬，爬行；匍匐行进
2. 缓慢(或费劲)的行进
Traffic was moving at a crawl. 来往车辆缓慢地移动着。
3. 【体】爬泳，自由泳
swim (或 do) the crawl 爬泳
4. 〈英俚〉(不慌不忙的)逐店饮酒
5. 【电视】滚动字幕(在荧光屏上纵向或横向滚动映出的文字)
[< ME crawlen < ? ON krafla to creep; 与 OE crabba crab¹ 有关] |